Professional Development
Recent Newsletter Articles
Prepare your Volunteers to Make a Difference
Provide your volunteers with the training that they need to help make a difference in your ABE program. Read More
NEW Adult ESL Resources from LINCS – Free!
Attention teachers of ESL, and anyone with non-native speakers of English in your programs! LINCS has recently released a series of resources to advance instructional quality and to better serve English learners in adult basic education. Read More
Teaching Adults to Read
These free online courses from LINCS - Teaching Adults to Read: Alphabetics, Fluency, and Vocabulary - are well worth your time! Read More
Global Math Department
Imagine a community of smart, skilled instructors who teach math at all levels and openly share their materials and ideas. Sound like a dream? Well, fortunately for you, it's a reality! Read More
ACES Video Companion Guides
The TIF-Lens videos on the ATLAS website now have video companion guides. Use them at your next staff meeting to keep the conversation going about ACES and the TIF (Transitions Integration Framework). Read More
New Evidence for Fluency Instruction
Learn about findings and conclusions from two studies on the relationships between fluency and comprehension in adult readers. This is important to ABE reading teachers because most fluency research has been based exclusively on children. Read More
Online DL Basics Course and Training Requirements
The Distance Learning for ABE course was carefully planned and produced for Minnesota ABE teachers, managers, and support staff providing Distance Learning (DL). The course provides foundational information about DL delivery and is a requirement for all ABE staff who have not completed DL 101. Read More